WHY PREHEAT THE OVEN?

. Preheat the oven to Ensure proper temperature to cook and bake Properly Any product container containing flour. bread, cakes, cookies, etc. Should be baked at the temperature and time Indicated  Especially cakes require a preheated oven to Achieve optimal growth, form textures , flavors merge and Achieve an appetizing color.

A recipe is a mixture of ingredients That chemical reaction When subjected to heat. Temperature is part of the chemical reaction process for products made ​​with leavening, Such as yeast, baking powder, baking soda.  The leavening need a constant temperature to Develop products successfully.

In the specific case of cakes and pastries, a cold oven dealer to a fatal outcome.  Cakes With baking powder, need for safe growth hot oven.  Baking powder, double-acting liquid Reacts With the batter and heat the oven.  Cakes With baking soda, Which Reacts With An acid, can deflate while waiting for the oven to heat.

If the oven without preheating Takes: cakes, chiffon cakes, cakes made ​​with the method of bowl, cakes Finished with clear snow, etc., collapse and fall in the Attempt.  Other cakes are much harden, will cook outside and undercooked on the inside , They lose a lot of moisture, dry out and do not grow.

The success of a recipe not only depends on the ingredients and procedure but a proper baking.  It starts from the right baking preheat the oven.  Preheat oven Indicated in recipes it not as a mere recommendation.  Is a must!

In general each recipe starts Mentioning His instructions to turn on the oven temperature set.  It is good practice to turn the oven start preparing the recipe, or the type of oven 20 to 30 minutes earlier.